Category Archives: elementary OS

I have updated my multiplank tool to work with Loki. Thanks to some improvements in plank, multiplank is now more efficient by only needing to run a single instance of plank. The installation/usage instructions have not changed from the original post…

A comment on my original article, combined with a holdiay, created an opportunity for improvement. While my previous post provided a method to manually specify 2+ docks, this was not ideal for situations where the number of monitors frequently changes. With that in mind I created a small app that automatically starts a new instance…

Update: this tutorial is still valid for systems that don’t change monitors frequently, but if your system has frequent monitor changes, check out this post: https://heathpaddock.com/?p=854 When using two monitors in elementary OS the dock only shows on one monitor. I prefer to have it shown on both monitors. Here’s how it’s done: Open…

There have been a number of new features added to super-wingpanel recently. You’ll need to add the unstable repository to get these new features: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:heathbar/super-wingpanel-daily sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install super-wingpanel Global Menus Thanks to +Francisco Javier Delgado del Hoyo for adding global menus. To enable global menus, you’ll need to do…

I’m a big fan of elementary OS. Paraphrasing from their design philosophy, elementary OS offers a concise, simple interface that avoids configuration in an effort to get out of your way so that you can get things done. This is great, except when you want to configure something a little differently. Enter super-wingpanel. Super-wingpanel is…

I’ve seen this tweak requested a few times in the G+ community so here is the answer. This modification will affect both the standard wingpanel as well as wingpanel-slim. Disclaimer: This method will alter the theme for all users of your computer. First we need to launch Files in administrator mode. If Files is in your…

The keyboard-settings pane in Ubuntu allows custom keyboard combinations to launch applications or scripts. This feature is currently missing from elementary OS’s keyboard plug. However, with a little command line foo we can setup the keybindings without the GUI. First we need to install gconf2. It may be installed already, but in case it’s not:…

I have been test driving the elementary OS Luna beta 1 for the past few weeks and this bug has been bothering me. Essentially, you can’t use the Super key with the scroll wheel to zoom in and out of your desktop. I’ve found this feature to come in handy when sharing my screen with…